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Lombard: I don't see Shields being any problem

UFC welterweight Hector Lombard appeared on MMA Junkie Radion ahead of his fight with Jake Shields on the main card of UFC 171 in Dallas, Texas on March 15. UFC 171 will be headlined by Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawle, fighting to see who is the first new welterweight champ since 2008.

“As long as I go to the fight healthy and make my weight right, I don’t see him being any problem,” Lombard told MMAjunkie Radio. “I see myself knocking Jake Shields out to be honest.

“I have to show it, I have to prove it and I have to do it to be able to win.”

"One of the things that I’m the happiest about - you’re fighting where all the welterweights, the best welterweights are fighting. I’m just fighting on a big card, big event, big arena. It’s amazing.”

“I don’t care what anyone says, he’s a very difficult fighter to fight. He doesn’t look like he’s dangerous, but you take a look at his record and you take a look at his fights, he always proves people wrong.

“With that said, I still believe I’m going to knock him out. I will take out anyone, just Jake Shields is next.”

Shields is usually overlooked and many felt that his previous opponents could beat him. This is probably attributed to his extremely awkward striking style. He is however surprisingly effective and manages to win most of the time. Guys like Hendo, Akiyama and Woodley were supposed to be bad matchups for him, but he beat all of them. Maia was seen as a potential bad matchup by some but Shields' wrestling was better than his and his jiu jitsu top game was good enough to neutralize Maia's bottom game.

Lombard could end this violently but Shields has proven people wrong time and time again and he could [and is very likely to] neutralize Lombard and win this as well. He is in the Fitch boat in that he may never get a title shot again but his opponent may get one after beating him.

I like shields but I see him getting tagged and dropped in this one. Tko stoppage in the second to set up a ww div that has an absolute murderer's row at the top of it. I see nothing but carnage surrounding the belt for some time to come. I love gsp but this is going to be fun while he's away !